Phil Kaffen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1264652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phil Kaffen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phil |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaffen |
| SIGNATURE | KAFFEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Madness of Love
This essay is an explotatory meditation on evil, justice, love, and beauty, interweaving the works of philosophers, writers, and filmmakers including Simone Weil, Nishida Kitaro, Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Ishimure Michiko, and Sato Makoto, each profoundly rooted in life (Seimei) as the ceaseless dialectics of being made and making
Dialectics without Synthesis
“Film theory is just a pain in the ass.”After a somewhat testy exchange with the film critic Jonathan Romney, the celebrated filmmaker Claire Denis expressed her sense of frustration and, with these words, brought the interview to a close. This sweeping dismissal—in context, bemoaning the ostensible narrowness of film theory—may not be wholly surprising. Nonetheless, it also may not be as simple as it appears. Responding to the above exchange bet…
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Dialectics without Synthesis
“Film theory is just a pain in the ass.”After a somewhat testy exchange with the film critic Jonathan Romney, the celebrated filmmaker Claire Denis expressed her sense of frustration and, with these words, brought the interview to a close. This sweeping dismissal—in context, bemoaning the ostensible narrowness of film theory—may not be wholly surprising. Nonetheless, it also may not be as simple as it appears. Responding to the above exchange bet…
The Madness of Love
This essay is an explotatory meditation on evil, justice, love, and beauty, interweaving the works of philosophers, writers, and filmmakers including Simone Weil, Nishida Kitaro, Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Ishimure Michiko, and Sato Makoto, each profoundly rooted in life (Seimei) as the ceaseless dialectics of being made and making
Dialectic (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Dismissal (1 work) · Earth (classical element (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Film director (1 work) · Film studies (1 work)